Penetrating prong buckle



.April 29,l 1947.

Filed April 17, 1944 Patente-d Apr. 29,Y 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PENETRATING PRONG BUCKLE Frank A. Sutton, Onchiota, N. Y.

Application April 1-7, 1944, Serial No. A531,457

(c1. zal- 186) 1 claim. l

'This invention relates to belt buckles and has for one of its objects the production of a simple and efficient means for detachably anchoring the belt buckle upon the belt in such a manner as to efciently engage the free end of the belt and to hold the free end of the belt in proper parallel relation with respect to the buckle.

A further object of this invention is the production of a simple and efficient means for facilitating the quick attachment of a belt buckle to th'e end of a belt in a manner whereby the buckle may be easily removed and replaced by a buckle of a different decorative .design or appearance.

. Other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear throughout the following specification and. claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the belt buckle showing a portion of a belt;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a perspective view looking at the inner face of the belt buckle;

Figure 6 is a front elevational view of a modified form of the invention;

Figure 7 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 'I-1 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a perspective view looking at the inside face of the belt buckle shown in Figures 6 and 7.

By referring to the drawing, it will be seen that I5 designates the buckle carrying end of the belt and I6 designates the detachable belt hook-engaging end of the belt which is provided with a plurality of aligned conventional apertures I'I through which the belt buckle hook is adapted to pass. In the type Shown in detail in Figures l to 5, inclusive, it will be noted that the belt buckle carrying end I5 of the belt is provided with an aperture I8 near the extremity of the buckle carrying end of the belt I5, as indicated clearly in Figure 3.

A belt buckle I9 formed of metal or any other suitable material is adapted to be secured to and carried by the buckle carrying end I5 of the belt and this belt buckle I9 is provided with an anchoring stud 20 upon its inner face, which anchoring stud 20 is provided with a forwardly extending lip 2l which is adapted to extend toward the extremity of the buckle carrm'ng end I5 of the belt, as shown in Figure 3. This stud 20 ts into the aperture I8 and constitutes an anchoring means for detachably connecting the buckle III to the buckle carrying .end l5 of the belt. A belt hookl` lis carried by the inner face of the buckle I9 at the opposite end of the buckle with respect to the stud '2li and preferably in longitudinal alignment therewith, the hook 22 having a rearward-ly extending lip 23 projecting toward the stud 2li. This hook Y212 is ladapted to selectiveli7 engage one of the apertures I'I formed in the detachable belt hook engaging end of the belt, as shown in Figure 3.

' The buckle I5 comprises preferably a rect-angular shaped body having substantially parallel upper and lower side flanges 24, which flanges are provided with inturned clincher lips 25 adjacent the stud 2B. Aligned tongues 26 project inwardly beyond the lips 25, as shown in Figure 5, and extend in substantially the same plane as the flanges 24. These clincher lips 25 are adapted to overhang the side edges of the buckle carrying end I5 of the belt in the manner as sh'own in detail in Figure 4, and in this manner hold the belt against accidental displacement from engagement with the stud 2Il. The aligning of the tongues 26 which extend laterally beyond the lips 25 will constitute guides between which the respective edges of the belt hook engaging end of the belt are adapted to t to hold th'e respective overlapping ends of the belt in proper overlying relation. These tongues 26 will in this way tend to hold the inner belt hook engaging end of the belt against riding upwardly or falling downwardly below the edges of the opposite end of the belt. The body of the belt buckle I9 is preferably slightly` lowered in its transverse formation as will be obvious by considering Figures 4 and 5.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that a very simple and efcient means has been provided for facilitating the firm attachment of the buckle to the buckle carrying end of the belt through the medium of the clamping lips 25 and stud 2U, and further that efficient means has been provided for properly holding the overlapping or overlying ends of the belt in parallel relation due to the hook 22 and the aligned tongues 26.

In the form shown in Figures 1 to 5, the belt buckle illustrated has been particularly designed for a narrow belt having single aligned apertures. In the form shown in Figures 6 to 8, however, a modied type of belt buckle is illustrated of substantially the same structure and particular design for use in connection with the wide belt, such for instance as the Sam Browne type of belt wherein a plurality of rods of aligned apertures are provided in the belt.

In the type of structure shown in Figures 6 to 8 inclusive, it Will be seen that 2l designates the buckle carrying end of the belt and 28 designates the hook engaging end of the belt. The buckle 29 is carried by the buckle engaging end 21 and the buckle 29 comprises an elongated body somewhat similar to the structure previously described, which body 29 is provided with a pair of substantially parallel flanges 30. These flanges 3u are provided near one end with inwardly turned clincher lips 3| similar to the lips 25 and rightangularly extending aligning tongues 32 similar to the tongues 26. In the type of structure shown in Figures 6 to 8, a pair of anchoring studs 33 is provided similar to the stud 20, and a belt engaging hook 34 is located at a position substantially centrally of the body 29 or intermediate the ends thereof. located near the end of the body 29 with respect to the studs 33. The studs 33 are adapted to engage suitable apertures in the buckle engaging end 2l of the belt as shown in Figure 7, and the hook 34 is adapted to engage one of the apertures 36 in the end 28 of the belt, the studs 35 engaging the apertures 3l. The underlying or hook engaging end 28 of the belt is adapted to lt between the aligned tongues 26 in a manner similar to that previously described and as shown in Figure 7.

It should be understood that certain detail changes in the structure of the device may be employed Without departing from the spirit of the invention so long as such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, claimed is:

what is Circular belt engaging studs 35 arey `from the strap, a strap-engaging hook located in spaced relation to the stud and located intermediate said flanges beyond the cllncher lips near the opposite end of the body relative to the strapanchoring stud, said strap-engaging hook providing a releasable connection for the strap,'and

right-angularly extending aligned strap-engaging tongues protruding beyond the clincher lips in substantially transverse alignment and located at the opposite end of the body with respect to said strap-engaging hook to detachably hold a strap in parallel alignment with said body.

FRANK A. SUTTON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,156,647 Zeman May 2, 1939 1,761,520 Dolke June 3, 1930 774,853 Smallman Nov. 15, 1904 1,457,386 Myers June 5, 1923 

